2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-7h. Childhood immunization registry. Regulations.
Sec. 19a-7h. Childhood immunization registry. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Public Health or his designee may, within the limitations of available resources,
establish and maintain for the purpose of assuring timely childhood immunization an
ongoing registry of all children who have not begun the first grade of school including
all newborns. The registry shall include such information as is necessary to accurately
identify a child and to assess current immunization status.
(c) Except as specified in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, all personal information including vaccination status and dates of vaccination of individuals shall be confidential pursuant to section 19a-25 and shall not be further disclosed without the authorization of the child or the child's legal guardian. After consultation with the state Childhood Immunization Advisory Council established under section 19a-7g, the commissioner shall adopt regulations, pursuant to chapter 54, to specify how information on vaccinations or exemptions from vaccination will be reported in a timely manner to the registry, how information on the registry will be made available to health care providers, parents or guardians, and directors of health, how parents or guardians may decline their child's enrollment in the registry, and to otherwise implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 94-90, S. 1; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-252, S. 35, 80.)
History: P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-252 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1998.
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